I live in Mexico and have for the last several years. I moved here not knowing any Spanish. I now speak at a B1 almost B2 level. Every extranjero (foreigner) I

I live in Mexico and have for the last several years. I moved here not knowing any Spanish. I now speak at a B1 almost B2 level. Every extranjero (foreigner) I know learned Spanish differently. What they all have in common though is they all read books, starting at the Spanish equivalent of the US "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", magazines, the newspapers. Additionally, they all like to talk to people and they're never embarrassed by their errors, thus they practice listing to and talking in this new language all the time. You have to lean into practicing with other people and doing it in public. Book learning for the grammar and vocab, and writing all of it out on paper. Typing notes out on Duolingo or your computer doesn't work. For me I needed a Spanish teacher, for me it's a lady that teaches English in a local grade school.